I let my subscription lapse because I no longer read magazines in paper. I simply don't have the space in my home to store paper issues. I read all my magazines using the Zinio app on my iPad. Have you considered working with Zinio on a digital version? I would resubscribe in a minute if I could get the magazine electronically.

I just got the zinio app myself and have been considering switching all of my magazine subscriptions to digital. This is currently the only one I can't. But... I understand the economics and likely won't stop reading the paper issues. I do recycle them almost immediately though, so (I haven't needed it yet) as long as there is a way to look up the articles on the website, I'm happy.

Just a thought, if you are done with your magazine and feel badly recycling it so quickly you could leave it at your dr.'s office or a play center etc.. I have kept all mine which works for me because some articles which weren't relevant at the time (before he had asthma, or when he was too young for certain thing to apply...birthday parties etc.) all of a sudden I need this information and am able to go back and re-read the articles .

I am impressed with technology though, I'm not tech. savy enough to even think of electronic magazines yet. Still having a hard time putting away my quill and ink blotter.

as long as there is a way to look up the articles on the website, I'm happy.

Well... we post some but certainly not the majority of our articles.
AL's site articles are often exclusively web articles - web writing is a bit of a different beast. (In fact, we often 'throw' to a related website post from the magazine.)

Not to bore anybody with our economics but ...
As a specialty publication with high costs due to lots of science & medical research and interviewing (e.g. we're not like some mags with those fluffy hey-I-could-write-that-in-the-bathtub articles on '12 ways to reduce stress'), we do need the support of subscriber revenue to help us operate. There's fact-checking (essential with allergy/asthma/celiac topics), costs of developing/testing recipes.

So I hope you'll reconsider subscribing. You do get a lot of bang for the buck in the mag.
At least in my completely unbiased opinion.

I usually pass my magazines to my sister but last time I saw her I forgot. It was a good thing as I just pulled out copys from the past and went through them again, I am finding articles that are perfect for what I need now but when I got them different things stood out. I do want to pass them on but gee... I sure liked what jumped out to me months later.

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